Monthly Archives: August 2018

McCain, who has died at the age of 81, was a naval bomber pilot, prisoner of war, conservative maverick, giant of the Senate, twice-defeated presidential candidate and an abrasive American hero with a twinkle in his eye. The Arizonan warrior politician, who survived plane crashes, several bouts of skin cancer

Hurricane Lane barreled toward Hawaii on Friday, dumping torrential rains that inundated the Big Island’s main city. Residents elsewhere stocked up on supplies and piled sandbags to shield oceanfront businesses against the increasingly violent surf. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 85 mph and was moving at a pace

There was a simple explanation in October 2017 when a Department of Homeland Security official was asked why a memo justifying ending immigrant protections for Central Americans made conditions in those countries sound so bad. “The basic problem is that it IS bad there,” the official wrote. Nevertheless, he agreed